ALEXANDER STUN

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RANK	SCORE ?	GENRE	LOCATION
109127	0	Techno, Detroit	Mariupol, UA

A DJ and producer Alexander Stun was born in Mariupol (Ukraine) February 18 1972. Since very childhood he showed an interest in music and even tried to extract rhythmic sounds out of various objects that got into his baby hands. When perceiving such an active interest to music parents decided to send Alexander to music school. In 2 years he considered the process of obtaining musical knowledge to be extremely boring so he left attending the school. While his study teachers noticed Alexander being bent for adding rhythmical picture into music material. He always used to think out something new that made him to deviate from study program.

Due to that fact that Alexander's head had been stored with music his study in secondary school wasn't rather successful. He even used to play truant from classes for the sake of having a party with musicians in the club. These parties gave him more music experience than study in music school. Even in that primary school time Alexander bent for percussion instruments and synthesizers. He constantly generated new ideas not only in musical sound sphere but also used to construct personally invented unique musical instruments and sound effects. The teachers of the secondary school he used to "push a pen in" were fed up with his tricks and seethed as whistling teapots because of them. Once he brought a synthesizer in the school and made a party. The study process failed that day but children had lots of fun.

In 1990 Alexander recruits to the army. He serves in USSR sky forces. During the whole period of his military service he takes an active part in cultural life of his garrison. In 1991 Alexander takes the premier place in competition of disco in Tashkent.

After completing his military service in 1993 Alexander becomes a resident of the celebrated Mariupol disco-club "Moloko". He is the first who introduces TECHNO to the clubbers of Mariupol.

In 1995 Alexander becomes a resident of the night-club "Maxim" in Mariupol. In that club he gets acquainted with DJ Paul Morena and they start their common creative work.

In 1996 DJ Stun creates his Techno label UNIVERSE lab. (laboratory of the Universe).

Since 1997 DJ Stun and his label are in the Ukrainian Music Register. In that year DJ Stun and Paul Morena hold a scandalous party "Embriology" in Mariupol club "Korall". Club promoter presents guys with an ultimatum: "If these DJs have an empty dance-floor they will never enter this club again". In 2 hours after they've started, they are told to play the music that is impossible to dance to. It occurs that the club conducts restaurant policy, i.e. earns on selling food.

In 1998 Alexander founds first in Mariupol shop that sells show-equipment "Music City".

In 1999 he takes a noticeable part in making a well known in past Ukrainian night-club "Disco Stan" (Mariupol).

Since 2001 Alexander is a resident of the night-club "Confetty" (Dnepropetrovsk) and "Galaktika" (Donetsk). In the club "Galaktika" DJ Stun gets acquainted with DJ Jazzy and shares with him his DJ's skill. At that time Alexander plays Progressive HOUSE. Later in the interview DJ Blacky, a host of radio "Lux", will ask Alexander: "In what musical genre do you see yourself the most clearly?". Without hesitations Stan foresees: "It's TECHNO".

Since 2002 he is a resident of cafe "Burger" in Mariupol and takes a principled part in its transformation into a club. Alexander suggests Ancient Egyptian entourage with facade of Luxor temple and similar title of the club - "LUXOR". Finally his ideas are partially accepted.

In 2003 DJ Stun records his first album "The Electronic Future". Some tracks from this album gain particular popularity in Moscow clubs and sound on radio "Europa Plus" in DJ Sukhov show "Garage". Since this time DJ Stun introduces himself to the public as Alexander Stun. In the same year Alexander Stan and DJ Amok make hot TECHNO on mp3.com. In the end of 2003 Alexander Stun participates in Mariupol DJ championship as a judge and finishes program "master DJ" with his performance.

In 2004 Alexander works with VJ Jonek (Poland) over making visualization of "MayDay" festival in Germany and collaborates with DJ CoolZero (Netherlands). In the process of collaboration Alexander Stun directs his and his label's work in TECHNO genre. Stun shows hard underground in his sets playing Detroit TECHNO. At the end of 2004 Alexander Stun is invited to the international DJ festival in Vein (Austria) with his album "the Electronic Future" as an exclusive representative of Ukraine.

In Spring 2006 Alexander Stun and Paul Morena found project !DA! GROUP DJs'. There is the third member of UNIVERSE lab. label a new resident Jenya Electra

In Autumn 2006 Alexander collaborates with DJ Slideout of UEBERDRUCK label (Germany) in Techno TRANCE and Hard TECHNO projects.